Thousands of feminist-minded individuals took to the streets on Saturday to protest against slut-shaming and victim-blaming in colourful SlutWalks in Melbourne and Brisbane.
A High Court case will challenge parole conditions for Australian prisoners, arguing that certain strict conditions place an unreasonable limit on human rights and contravene the constitution.
The Galaxy poll from Queensland published on Saturday shows results very similar to those of last week’s Newspoll: primary votes of 30 percent for Labor and 52 percent for the Liberal National Party, reports William Bowe.
The Queensland Police Service’s heavy-handed approach towards a journalist trying to do his job should ring alarm bells for the media, writes Charis Palmer, editor of Technology Spectator.
Newspoll finds that not only is Queensland Labor almost back down to its late 2010 primary vote nadir, but that the Newman-led LNP has sucked in huge numbers of votes, writes William Bowe.
Australian Bishop William Morris says Pope Benedict XVI has "made a mistake" in forcing him to resign as Bishop of the diocese of Toowoomba. And there are questions about his role in speaking up for s-x-abuse victims, writes Amanda Gearing.
A young shire engineer in Gatton pointed out the failure of the local council to have current disaster plans four months before the flash-flood disaster, writes Amanda Gearing.
Grief and loss are giving way to anger and frustration amongst flood survivors of the rural towns in the Lockyer Valley as the Queensland Flood Commission hears from senior police, disaster management staff and flood survivors. Amanda Gearing reports from Grantham.
The disbelief was tangible at the Queensland flood inquiry yesterday when the Bureau of Meteorology gave evidence that it has no ability or responsibility for forecasting flash flooding. Amanda Gearing reports from Toowoomba.
Campbell Newman's political masterstroke/death wish is all very entertaining. But as Benjamin Law points out in Crikey today, there's one minor matter: the LNP currently has no policies.
